The Washington critic., 1887-08-23

Alexander NJ. Clayton and j. A.'P.
Campbell of Mississippi Alexander dc
Clouet of Louisiana, and Th omas N.
Waul and John IL. Reagan of Texas
With the exception Of Thomas ii.
Watts of Alabama, Joseph Il. Brown
of Georgia, Zebuon b. Vance of North
Carolina, NJ. l.. Bonham and A. G.
Magrath of South Carolina, Isham G..
Harris of Tennessee, and perhaps
Richard IIawes of Kentucky, all the
war governors of Confederate States
are dead. OF the commissioners who
represented the Confedcracy abroad,
james NJ. Mason and William l..
Iancey, accredited TO Great Britain;
John Slidell, accredited to France; p.
A. Rost, accredited to Spain; John T.
Pickett, accredited to Mexico; Bishop
Lynch, accredited to the States Of the
Church, and John Forsyth, Martin j.
Crawford, A. Il. Roman and Charles
j. Faulkner, accredited to the United
States, arc dead The octogeaarian,
A. Dudley Mann, accredited to Bel.
GUM. resides In France. The Honor.
able Lucius @. 9. Lamar, accredited
to Russia, is member of President
Clevcland's cabinet, and General VIM.
Preston-accredited to Mexico - re.
joices In his broad acres In the blue.
grass region of Kentucky. OF those
who bore rank as full generals in the
armies of the Confcderacy only two
survive, Generals Joseph L. Johnston
and G.. T. Beauregard. General Albert
S. Johnston fell In the memorable battle
of Shiloh, and Generals Robert Il. Lee
and Braxton Bragg died since the ces
sation of hostiliiies. There were two
| generals with temporary rlnk-E
Kirby Smith and John b. Hood. The
former lives and the latter, In dying,
commended his orphans to the care OF
the soldiers of the Confederacy.
Twenty'one officers were compli.
mented with the grade of lieu.
nant.general. The only survivors
are Generals James Longstreet, j..
Kirby Smith, d. II. Hill, Stephen y.
Lee, Wade Hampton, Jubal A. Early,
Alexander =. Stewart, Joseph Wheeler,
Simon b. Buckner and John b. Cor.
don. OF the one hundred who were
commissioned as mai generals In Con.
federate service, If my information be
correct, only forty.flve are now mum.
bered among the living. OF four hun.
| dred and eighty who rose to the grade
of brigadler general, an inquiry-by no
means partial-inclines me to the be
| lief that there are not two hundred in
life.
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The London Ne,rs of August 10 re.
fers as follows to the recent rib.roast
given his American friends by Buffalo
Bill: "N1r. Simon Cameron, once War
Minister in the United States, then
Minister to st. Petersburg, and for
many years after distinguished and
most influential member of the Senate
at Washington, is now, we believe, in
his eighty'ninth year. That fact, how.
ever, Is no reason why he should not
take trip TO London, and enjoy him.
self blithely here; and he Is here, and
10 oil appearance is enjoying himself.
Yesterday he was entertained by Buff
falo Bill at what was described as AN
Indian rib.roast in great tent on the
Wild West grounds. The chief nour.
Usher at the feast consisted of ribs
of beef roasted In Indian fashion
and by the Indians. For wine cold
water shall we bring Is the
announcement of the Monk In Mas.
singers play, and it Is the motto of
| Colonel Cody when Indians are among
his guests, as Red Shirt and some OF
his tribe were yesterday. Mr.. Chauu.
cey Depew, the New York Railway
King. and far and away the best after.
dinner speaker In America, sat at
Buffalo Bills left hand; and there
were various other well known Ameri.
cans, among them Mr.. Laurence
Jerome-'Larry' he is always called in
the States-the uncle of Lady Ran.
dolph Churchill. The pipe of peace
was passed around-indeed, a little
Indian pipe was given to each of the
company as memorial OF the oCca.
sion. The venerable guest made a
vigorous little speech, and Red Shirt,
rising and advancing with all the
grace and dignity of Salvini, said a
few genial words through an inter-
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